Cuff-holder.



No. 704,644. Patented July l5, |902. c. E. HuLTuulsT.

GUFF HOLDER.

(Application filed Aug. 13, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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CUFFMHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,644, dated July 15,1902.

Application filed August 13,1901. Serial No. 71,921. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL E. I-IULTQUIST, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and Stateof Illinois, have invented cern tain new and useful Improvements inCuff- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are, first, the production of a cuff -holderthat will not abrade or wear the placket-facing of a shirtsleeve, and,second, that will not become accidentally detached from a cuff withwhich it has been connected; and it consists of certain new and usefulfeatures of construction and combinations of parts especially devised tothose ends, all as hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointedout in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is an isometrical view ofy a cuff-holderembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view showing the same operativelyconnecting a cuff with the placketsfacing of a shirt-sleeve. Fig. 3 is asection at the line 3 3 in Fig. 2 of parts there shown. Fig. 4 is also asection at the line 4 4 in Fig. 2 of parts there shown.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

A is the connecting-bar of the cuff-holder, which terminates at one endin a pintle A', integral therewith, and is provided at its remaining endwith a T-shaped stud A2, projecting transversely therefrom, and aprolonged end shank A3, substantially parallel with the head of theT-shaped stud A2.

B B are a pair of jaws pivoted together' by means of the pintle A on theconnecting-bar A, passing through openings B2 las in the ears Bl B5thereon.

C is a roller, preferably of rubber or other yielding substance, mountedon a pintle C on the inside of the jaw B', supported by the ears C2,projecting therefrom.

D represents any suitable spring devices normally holding the jaw B intoengagement with the roller C, mounted on the inside of the jaw B.Obviously a coiled spring or any other suitable form of spring might besubstituted for the bent springs D, here shown as being integral withthe jaws iB B', without departing'from the spirit and scope of myinvention. I therefore do not intend by describing the springs D tothereby limit myself to a spring or springs of Aany particular form orconstruction.

The jaw B may have transverse serrations B6 therein, if desired.

Fig. 2 shows the jaws B B' of the cuff-holder operatively applied to theplacket-facing E of the shirt-sleeve E'. By grasping the upper end ofthe cuff E2 between the thumb and fingers of the hand such cuff and itsholder may be slid up or down, as desired, the roller C permitting thejaws B B to travel back and forth along the facing E and lengthwisethereof without abrading or wearing the same to an injurious extent. TheT-shaped stud A2 and shank A3 render it practically impossible for theconnecting-bar A to become accidentally detached from the buttonholes E2E4' in the cuff E2. If, however, either the top A4 of the T-shaped studA2 or the shank As were wanting, the cuff would be liable to becomedetached from the holder, or the buttonholes E3 E4 therein would slipover the point now occupied by the shank A3 and permit theconnecting-bar A to slide up and down therethrough.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a cuff-holder, incombination, a pair of jaws pivoted together' by apintle, a roller, of rubber or other yielding material, mounted on theinside of one of said jaws and at right angles to said pintle,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CARL E. IIULTQU IST.

Vitnesses:

ERIC H. KJELLGREN, L. L. MORRISON.

